The Parisian running competitions in 2016
A new year for the running competitions in Paris It is always a great pleasure to run on the Parisian roadway freed of cars, to be able to run on the avenue of the Opera or at the foot of the Eiffel Tower, in the woods of Boulogne and Vincennes (which belong to Paris), to go down the Champs Elysées running the first kilometer of the marathon… As every year now, we propose the 2016 list of the Parisian competitions, all those which take place in Paris. DISCOVER THE LIST => HERE
The Parisian running competitions in 2015
Start of the Paris Marathon de Paris 2010 Happy New Year 2015 ! A new year for the running competitions in Paris It is always a great pleasure to run on the Parisian roadway freed of cars, to be able to run on the avenue of the Opera or at the foot of the Eiffel Tower, in the woods of Boulogne and Vincennes (which belong to Paris), to go down the Champs Elysées running the first kilometer of the marathon… As every year now, we propose the 2015 list of the Parisian competitions, all those which take place in Paris. DISCOVER THE LIST => HERE
The Parisian running competitions in 2014
Click on the picture for a larger view It is always a great pleasure to run on the Parisian roadway freed of cars, to be able to run on the avenue of the Opera or at the foot of the Eiffel Tower, to go down the Champs Elysées running the first kilometer of the marathon… As every year now, we propose the 2014 list of the Parisian competitions, all those which take place in Paris. Some explanations: . For each competition of the list, you will find icons on which you can click to obtain either links on sites relative to the race, or the photos, or the movies or route of the race. Photos and movies date 2013 or previous years (on certain photos, you can recognize our Paris Running Tour runners). Thanks to the photographers and the film-makers! . Some of the routes result from our GPS watches (less precise in the less wide streets). . 10 km=6.376 mi, half-marathon 21.1 km=13.195 mi, marathon 42.195 km=26.2 mi Here are samples of the icons on which you can click to see photos, movies, routes, web sites… Icon to go on the site of the race’s organizer Icon to go on the Top Chrono site to register on the race or see the results, etc. Icon to see photos of the race Icon to see a movie of the race Icon to see a representation of the route of the race (drawn or GPS track) Do not hesitate to click! . Besides, “prt” means that the competition is a part of the Paris 10 km challenge, challenge in which we participate (the Paris Running Tour challenge which tooks the same name as our sightjogging company!). We wish you a very happy New Year and many beautiful competitions! Sunday 19/1/14 – 9:30 AM – Les 10 km du 14è – 10 km prt The first competition of the year which find the runners impatient to rerun after the holidays. A flat circuit convenient to the performance… 1148 finishers in 2013. (“14è” means “quatorzième arrondissement” = Fourteenth arrondissement = 14th Paris administrative district) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 Sunday 26/1/14 – 9:30 AM – Les Foulées du 8è – 10 km prt A little hilly race in the beautiful district of the 8th arrondissement with a start “Church” Saint-Augustin, passage in front of the Parc Monceau, strides avenue of Friedland with the Arc de Triomphe in sights and an arrival to the feet of Joan of Arc! Nearly 1200 finishers in 2013. (“Les Foulées du 8è” means “the Strides of the 8th arrondissement”) Saturday 15/2/14 – 10:30 AM – La Course de la Saint Valentin – 10 km prt This year, the race will take place in the “parc de la Villette”, though we can expect a route more flat than the previous years (5 buckles in the hilly “parc des Buttes Chaumont”). Very good atmosphere for this race organized by the Paris Front Runners. Diversity, tolerance and heat, in spite of the cold of February! 334 finishers in 2013. (“La Course de la Saint Valentin” means the race of the Valentine Day) Sunday 2/3/14 – 10:00 AM – Semi-Marathon de Paris – 21,1 km The “SEMI-MARATHON de Paris”! International race. Half of a marathon to visit the East of Paris: Wood of Vincennes, Avenue Daumesnil, “Quai des Célestins”, “Hôtel de Ville”, Bastille, Faubourg Saint-Antoine… About 25,000 finishers. Saturday 22/3/2014 – 2:00 PM – Foulées du Tertre – 10 km prt A folk and “mountainous” race on the mound Montmartre. Route passing in front of the Sacred Heart and the “place du Tertre”, and through the sloping streets of the “commune” of Montmartre. All this in the middle of the afternoon and tourists! 598 finishers in 2013. 12345 1 2 1 2 Sunday 6/4/2014 – 8:45 AM – Le Marathon de Paris – 42,195 km The MARATHON OF PARIS! The event of the year for many runners. A beautiful visit of the capital! Go down the “Champs Elysées” (Careful, not too fast, it is only the beginning), cross the “place de la Concorde”, go along street of Rivoli and pass in front of the “Palais Royal” and the Louvre, greet the Genius of the Bastille, join the Castle and the Wood of Vincennes, return and join the West by way of the river Seine banks and admire the Conciergerie, then the Eiffel Tower, join Roland Garros’ courts, discover the very green Wood of Boulogne and cross the finishing line on the avenue Foch with the Arc de Triomphe in front of you! Phew! What a beautiful stroll! 38 690 finishers in 2013. Bibs for 2014 = 46,000 ! Among the elite, Kenenisa Bekele, 5 000 m and 10 000 m world champion, who will run in Paris his first marathon. 12345678 1 2 3 4 Sunday 27/4/2014 – 10:00 AM – 10km du Bois de Boulogne – 10 km prt After the Paris marathon, back to the “Bois de Boulogne” (wood of Boulogne) for a flat 10K in the middle of the greenery (able to do some performances only three weeks after the marathon?). 3047 finishers in 2013 12 Sunday 11/5/2014 – 9:30 AM – 10:30 AM – Courir ensemble – 5 km & 10 km prt Everything is in the title: “Run together”, valid and disabled. A very good atmosphere. Event organized by Handicap International. Among the numerous proposed races, a flat 10K, again in the Wood of Boulogne, magnificent in May! 1133 finishers for the 10K in 2013. 1 2 Sunday 1/6/20147 – 9:00 AM – Les 10 km du 19è – 10 km prt A beautiful “arrondissement” race. Even if it is hilly because of the passage by the Buttes Chaumont, it is a very competitive race. It is a pity this year, it happens at the same day as the “Courir Ensemble” 10K. How to choose? 779 finishers in 2013. 12 Sunday 15/6/2014 – 10:00 AM – 10 km L’Équipe – 10 km Race organized by ASO who also manages
Paris Competitions News: Ready for the 2013 Paris Marathon?
Champs-Elysées – Kilometer 1 – Just before “place de la Concorde” before turning left to the Rivoli street In spring, strange signs appear on the Parisian road, blue lines accompanied by indications which seem to be coded: “KM1”, “KM2”, “KM3”, etc. These are the kilometric marks of the Paris marathon! In other places, all the miles are indicated too. On the photo above, the first kilometer. Magic kilometer going down the Champs-Elysées. Imagine, you are in the middle of the road of one of the most beautiful avenues and you are running applauded by the crowd! Take care, in spite of the enthusiasm, don’t lose your head. If it seems to be easy, it is because you are running downhill. keep your energy. One kilometer earlier, the start, in the middle of the Champs-Elysées. The mark is already present: The 2013 Paris marathon start at the level of the Marbeuf street Here you are, ready to make a magnificent route in Paris. Find the route in detail by clicking the image below, with a view of monuments, buildings, streets: Having crossed and taken advantage of Paris up and down, here you are, very close to the finish, in the kilometer 42: Avenue Foch – 42th kilometer – In the background, the Arc of Triumph Only 195 meters to go (enjoy it, this moment is extraordinary) and you arrive! Here is the location of the finish, rather discreet for the moment: The finish line ! Behind the Arc of Triumph, the Champs-Elysées from where the Marathon started! We wish you a beautiful Paris Marathon!
On the Paris Marathon route with Magdalena
Magdalena – “Lac Inférieur” of the “Bois de Boulogne” – Close to Kilometer 41 (mile 25.8) 9:31 AM – Magdalena, who lives in Poland, prepares the 2013 Paris marathon. It will be her second marathon after the one of Warsaw. We thus chose to follow beautiful portions of the Paris Marathon route by running about 20 kilometers (12.7 miles). We joined at first the magnificent Wood of Boulogne, awaiting the arrival of spring. It is in this wood that are located the last six kilometers of the marathon. For example, very close to the big lake, is the kilometer 41, an important passage! Out of the wood, at the beginning of the avenue Foch, we reach the kilometer 42 of which you can see the track registered on the ground in the photo below (track of the 2012 Paris marathon – find the very fresh mark in this other article of April 2012). The 2013 road markings are soon going to appear… Magdalena – Avenue Foch – Kilomètre 42, à 195 mètres de l’arrivée ! Kilometer 42, only 195 meters to go, Rich in sensations and feelings… Before the “Arc de Triomphe”, is the “triumphant” arrival (we can see the location of the arrival on the photo above, at the green light – click on the picture for a larger view). We then stroll up the avenue Foch to find the Champs-Elysées, located on one of the branches of “the Star”, center of which is the Arc de Triomphe (“Place de l’Etoile”=”Place of the star”). The Paris Marathon starts in the middle of the Champs-Elysées. What a magnificent place to begin a marathon! (See a photo of the start in this other article.) Magdalena – Place de la Concorde – Having left the Kilometer 1 on the Champs-Elysées Champs-Elysées, “place de la Concorde”, the street of Rivoli, the Bastille, the Wood of Vincennes and its magnificent castle, the splendid banks of the Seine, the Wood of Boulogne and the grand finish avenue Foch. Aren’t you tempted by this route? Route of the 2013 Paris Marathon Merci Magdalena ! Good Paris marathon! The route of the tour :
In front of the garden of the Elysée with Meredith and John
Meredith and John in front of the gardens of the Élysée Palace, residence of the President of the Republic. To see the main entrance, on the other side, you can click here 9:07 AM – Meredith and John come from the East coast of the United States (Washington, New York) and are in Paris for a cultural and very sports visit. This Monday, March 4th, we combined a tourist stroll and and “recovery jogging”. Indeed, Meredith ran the day before, the Paris half marathon by establishing a new personal record on the distance. Bravo Meredith! More than 30000 participants at the 2013 Paris Half-marathon! The start. With a close look, you will see 2 Paris Running Tour guides in the foreground, orange and (Paris Running Tour) green T-shirts That is thus, quietly, that we crossed Paris and took advantage of the beautiful morning, second brightened up morning after a very cold and dark winter. Meredith and John – Garden of the Tuileries – On the historical axis: far off the Obelisk of the place de la Concorde and the Arc of Triumph at the end of Champs-Elysées On the photo above, we see clearly the “pyramidion” (pyramid cover cap) at the top of the Obelisk, its gold cover shines as in the time of antique Egypt. Did you also know that the Obelisk of “Place de la Concorde” represented the gnomon (the needle) of a gigantic sundial? Had you noticed these marks on the ground? A gigantic sundial (1999) “place de la Concorde” – Click on the picture to see the details! The hour calculation is not as simple (duration of the day, etc.) By continuing our running, we returned on the historic axis, with in its beginning, the Louvre: Meredith and John – The pyramid of the Louvre It is in this way that we admired the oldest monument of Paris, the obelisk of Concorde (13è century BC) and one of the most modern, the Louvre Pyramid (inaugurated in 1989)! Merci Meredith, merci John! The route of the tour:
Paris Competitions News: Paris Half-Marathon!
Paris Half-Marathon 2010 – Into the starting areas looking forward to the start… On Sunday, March 3rd, 2013, it is the half marathon of Paris, a little more than 21 km (>13mi) for a race in the East of Paris. 40000 runners for this new edition! A beautiful sports route and a good preparation for the next marathon of Paris which will take place on Sunday, April 7th. A sports route but also a beautiful touristic stroll, so, of course, you will see at first and on arrival the magnificent castle of Vincennes, but even if you are in full effort, take advantage of the stroll, raise eyes and look at Paris around you… Maybe it will make your running easier? So don’t miss, for example: Notre-Dame On your road between the 12th and the 13th kilometer, Notre-Dame at your left on the “Ile de la Cité” L’Hôtel de Ville At the 13th kilometer, before turning left, have a look to the “Mairie de Paris”, the City hall of Paris The tracks of the Castle of “La Bastille” Just before the place of the Bastille, between the 14th and the 15th kilometer, on the ground, tracks indicating the locations of towers and walls of the former Bastille castle (if the crowd allows you to see them) You will see many other magnificent and historic places all along the route, take advantage of it (and if you have other remarkable places that you want to share with us, say it in a comment, thanks!). Enjoy your race!
Ducks swimming on the route of the Paris Marathon?
Voie Express rive droite (Right bank express way) – Click on the picture for a larger view and some explanations Paris undergoes small floods sometimes, generally in February. Discover the one of this February 2013 => here. For the Paris marathon, don’t worry, we have some times… In April, it will be dry. And, by the way, if you run a marathon the 7th of April 2013, Paris, for instance, it is time to begin you marathon training plan, it is in 8 weeks!
The Parisian running competitions in 2013
Click on the picture for a larger view It is always a great pleasure to run on the Parisian roadway freed of cars, to be able to run on the avenue of the Opera or at the foot of the Eiffel Tower, to go down the Champs Elysées running the first kilometer of the marathon… As every year now, we propose the 2013 list of the Parisian competitions, all those who take place in Paris. Some explanations: . For each competition of the list, you will find icons on which you can click to obtain either links on sites relative to the race, or the photos, or the movies or route of the race. Photos and movies date 2012 or previous years (on certain photos, you can recognize our Paris Running Tour runners). Thanks to the photographers and the film-makers! . Some of the routes result from our GPS watches (less precise in the less wide streets). . 10 km=6.376 mi, half-marathon 21.1 km=13.195 mi, marathon 42.195 km=26.2 mi Here are samples of the icons on which you can click to see photos, movies, routes, web sites… Icon to go on the site of the race’s organizer Icon to go on the Top Chrono site to register on the race or see the results, etc. Icon to see photos of the race Icon to see a movie of the race Icon to see a representation of the route of the race (drawn or GPS track) Do not hesitate to click! . Besides, “prt” means that the competition is a part of the Paris 10 km challenge, challenge in which we participate (the Paris Running Tour challenge which carries the same name as our sightjogging company!). We wish you a very happy New Year and many beautiful competitions! Sunday 20/1/13 – 9:30 AM – Les 10 km du 14è (10K of the 14th) Race postponed to the Sunday 24/2/2013 prt The first competition of the year which find the runners impatient to rerun after the holidays. A flat circuit convenient to the performance… 1742 finishers in 2012. (“14è” means “quatorzième arrondissement” = Fourteenth arrondissement = 14th Paris administrative district) 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 Sunday 27/1/13 – 9:30 AM – “Les Foulées du 8è” – 10 km prt A little hilly race in the beautiful district of the 8th arrondissement with a start “Church” Saint-Augustin, passage in front of the Parc Monceau, strides avenue of Friedland with the Arc de Triomphe in sights and an arrival to the feet of Joan of Arc! Nearly 1400 finishers in 2012. (“Les Foulées du 8è” means “the Strides of the 8th arrondissement”) 1 2 Saturday 16/2/13 – 10:30 AM – La Course de la Saint Valentin – 10 km prt 5 buckles of the beautiful and hilly park of the Buttes Chaumont (Buttes means mounds!), down hill, up hill, down hill, up hill, 5 times! Very good atmosphere for this race organized by the Paris Front Runners. Diversity, tolerance and heat, in spite of the cold of February! 281 finishers in 2012. (“La Course de la Saint Valentin” means the race of the Valentine Day) Sunday 24/2/13 – 9h30 – 10 km du 14è (initially planned in January) Sunday 3/3/13 – 10:00 AM – Paris Half-Marathon – 21.1 km The “SEMI-MARATHON de Paris”! International race. Half of a marathon to visit the East of Paris: Wood of Vincennes, Avenue Daumesnil, “Quai des Célestins”, “Hôtel de Ville”, Bastille, Faubourg Saint-Antoine… About 25,000 finishers. 1 2 3 Saturday 9/3/13 – 2:30 PM – Foulées du Tertre – 10 km prt A folk and “mountainous” race on the mound Montmartre. Route passing in front of the Sacred Heart and the “place du Tertre”, and through the sloping streets of the “commune” of Montmartre. All this in the middle of the afternoon and tourists! 561 finishers in 2012. 1 2 1 2 Sunday 7/4/13 – 8:45 AM – Paris Marathon – 42.195 km (26.2 mi) The MARATHON OF PARIS! The event of the year for many runners. A beautiful visit of the capital! Go down the “Champs Elysées” (Careful, not too fast, it is only the beginning), cross the “place de la Concorde”, go along street of Rivoli and pass in front of the “Palais Royal” and the Louvre, greet the Genius of the Bastille, join the Castle and the Wood of Vincennes, return and join the West by way of the river Seine banks and admire the Conciergerie, then the Eiffel Tower, join Roland Garros’ courts, discover the very green Wood of Boulogne and cross the finishing line on the avenue Foch with the Arc de Triomphe in front of you! Phew! What a beautiful stroll! 32 980 finishers in 2012. Bibs for 2013 = 46,000 ! 1 2 3 4 5 6 Sunday 28/4/13 – 10:00 AM – 10km du Bois de Boulogne – 10 km prt After the Paris marathon, back to the “Bois de Boulogne” (wood of Boulogne) for a flat 10K in the middle of the greenery (able to do some performances only three weeks after the marathon?). 2374 finishers in 2012 1 2 Sunday 19/5/13 – 10:30 AM – “Courir Ensemble” (Running together) – Handicap International – 10 km prt Everything is in the title: “Run together”, valid and disabled. A very good atmosphere. Event organized by Handicap International. Among the numerous proposed races, a flat 10K, again in the Wood of Boulogne, magnificent in May! 1512 finishers for the 10K. Sunday 19/5/13 – 9:00 AM – 10km du 19ème – 10 km prt A beautiful “arrondissement” race. Even if it is hilly because of the passage by the Buttes Chaumont, it is a very competitive race. It is a pity this year, it happens at the same day as the “Courir Ensemble” 10K. How to choose? 825 finishers in 2012. Sunday 9/6/13 – 10:00 AM – La Course du Château (The Castle race) – 10 km prt In June and in July, it is, this time, in
A touristic half-marathon with Eva and Christian
10:04 AM – Eva and Christian are fast marathon runners who live near Copenhagen (Denmark). They are also triathletes who have already participated in Iron Man Triathlons (swimming 3.8 km, bike 180 km, Running 42.195 kilometers or 26.2 miles). On this Friday morning, without any performance objectives, we chose to quietly visit Paris while running, however on a good distance to be able to admire as much places as possible. We finally ran 21 km, the distance of a half-marathon. Do you remember Lady Geneviève, the protector of Paris, whom we evoked recently during our Paris visit with Jennifer. You can see her to the left of the photo above, she looks to the east of Paris, the east where from came Attila and his Huns at the 5th century and Geneviève did not let them get into the City. Of the bridge of Sully, we went place of the Trocadéro, to join the Palais de Chaillot, palace built on the hill of the same name for the 1937 World fair. It is one of the best points of view on the Eiffel Tower. “To deserve the view”, we took a “small ascent” which leads to the (no so high) top of the hill… However with a small break to have a little bit different souvenir of the big tower: Back to the east, in full Latin Quarter, here is the Sorbonne, the famous and very old university of which the history begins in the 13th century. The chapel of the Sorbonne which we see on the photo below was created during the 17th century. Along the way, following the river, we wondered if it was possible to swim in the Seine. Yes! Of course! On the occasion of the Triathlon of Paris! Look at these videos: Your next triathlon in Paris, Eva and Christian? Next edition: July 2013… Merci Eva ! Merci Christian ! The route of the tour : If you too, you come to Paris, we will be very happy to run with you. Join us and discover Paris with authentic Parisians guides who always have tons of secrets to share with you: